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_ CAMOUFLAGE EXPERT iy " ---n WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk --_..n _r yy VOI. VIII, NO. 1. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919 LEAGUE OF NATIONS, SUNDAY CLUB SUBJECT {Professor John Scott of Northwestern | University To Be the Speaker; Traveled Muck through Bal- kans WILL LECTURE HERE Gerzld H. Thayer Comes to Winnetka Under Auspices of Parént-Teach- er Association and Woman's Club : LECTURES NEXT THURSDAY MISS ISABEL CLINE TO SING 7 ) Children To Hear Talk in Afternoon; "Grown-Ups" To Enjoy Illustrat- ed Talk in Evening | North Shore Soloist, Who Has Ap- i peared in Ravinia Concerts, To | Furnish Special Music The Parent-Teacher association, | Leagt | in conjunction with the Art commit- | the subjec t of the address to be given te of the Winnetka Woman's club, lat the joint meeting of the Wilmette has arranged to have Mr. Gerald H.| Sunday Evening club and the Wil- Thaver of New York City, give an |mette Church Union on Sunday evel illustrated talk on "Protective Color- | ing, March 23. Professor John Scott ation in the Animal Kingdom," to all|of the Northwestern University will he League of Nations" will be | Winnetka school children below the |be the speaker. seventh grade. The lecture is sched- uled for Thursday afternoon, 27. at the Woman's club. On the same day in the evening at J ct M ay 111 give his | > 2 8 o'clock Mr. Thayer w £ {lems of the countries which have so illustrated lecture on "Camouflage and Concealing Coloration," for the 'older children and "grown-ups. Mr. Thayer is regarded as an authority in this line. His point of view is said to combine those of the naturalist and the artist and is the outcome of a special study and re- search in collaboration with his father, Abbot Thayer, who discover- 'ed and worked out from nature the scientific principles of protective col- oration. Thayer's book, "Concealing Coloration," was used by the English, French, and American governments, as the basis for war camouflage and Mr. Thayer is reputed to have the most authentic information and slides relating to camouflage. Collection of Paintings The Thayer collection of nature paintings is known throughout the country and is being exhibited in many of the larger cities. The col- lection was displayed in the Chicago Art Institute during the winter and aroused great interest. 3 Winnetkans who viewed the paint- "ings at the Art Institute and heard Thaver's lecture, saw the value of having him appear in Winnetka be- fore the children and older people with his instructive and interesting lectures concerning the great color law which protects animals and which, in its applied development has proved such a remarkable safe- guard to the Allied armies. - Mr. Thayer stops in Winentka on his western tour and every resident of the Village is invited to hear his lecture Thursday evening. The af- ternoon lecture is exclusively for children. BOY PREFERS STRANGER'S HOME TO THAT OF MOTHER Aubrich Baker, 9 years old, of Dan- | ville, Iil., who ran away, arrived at the La Salle street station, Chicago, Monday night on his way to the] home of Fred Cain in Hubbard Woods. He was taken to detention home No. 3 pending a response to a telegram sent to his mother. According to the boy he was given into the care of the Cain family last summer, but was sent home. He liked the family so well he said he wanted to return. Mr. Cain said he had sent the hoy | back to his mother and knew nothing more about him. Special Room for Pupils Through the efforts of some in- terested citizen and the co-operation of the Board of Education a special room has been prepared at the Hor- ace Mann school for those pupils who are behind in their studies. The class is taught by Miss Keegan. Held Pottery Exhibition The girls of the seventh and eighth grades of the Horace Mann school held an exhibition of pottery at the school last week. The work exhibit- ed has been made since the last dis- play at Christmas timé. Parent-Teacher Meeting The parents and teachers of the Horace Mann school held a meeting last Friday in the kindergarten room _.after the women had reviewed the ~ different sessions of the school. Sailors Give Dance With a Great Lakes band furnishing the music, a number of sailors gave a dance on Thursday evening at the Community House for Mrs. J. Allan Haines and the girls of the Navy league who have been entertaining the men in uniform during the past 18 months. March | this vicinity : ovarethi fas | authority on his several subjects. He | Pp. M.: everything clean and up {0 | has traveled widely and has given | date. It is queer to see all the shops Drojyssor Scott is one of the best known speakers in and is a celebrated much time to the study of the prob- many of their vital issues now at the peace table in Paris. He has previous- ly been a welcomed speaker before the Sunday Evening club, and in view | of the marked interest over the out- come of President Wilson's second journey to Europe. the management expects a large audience. The special music for the evening will be furnished by Miss Isabel Cline, one of the best known soloists of the north shore. Miss Cline has resided in Kenilworth and is well known, both personally and as an artist, in the community. She has ap- | peared with the Chicago orchestra at the Ravinia Park concerts and at many other local musical affairs. WINNETKA BOY MADE MAJOR IN MARINE CORPS Norman Seymour Hinman's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wheeler Hinman, 576 Oak street, this week learned he had been promoted to corps. Mr. Hinman, formerly editor of the Inter Ocean, believes Norman | is the youngest major in the corps. He is 25 years old. Major Hinman was noted as a i football star on the University of | Wisconsin eleven and Marietta coll- | ege team. He entered the marine corps training school at Norfolk, Va., in the fall of 1916, and was com- missioned a second lieutenant, pass- ing fourth in a class of thirty-five. 'He is at present stationed with his | battalion on San Juan hill, Santiago, | Cuba. i 3 iat Form Improvement Body | -- | At a meeting held in the office of William Aiken of Hubbard Woods {last Friday evening at which forty | men were present, an Improvement | association was organized citi i jects. Another meeting was sched- juled for this evening in order to | complete the cHarter. C. T. Northrop | was elected president, Harry Mec- Lean, secretary and William Aiken | treasurer of the organization. initiation fee of $5 was paid by each | of the 30 men in the group. Homes Change Hands Mr. F. FE. Cain, 1214 Scott avenue, Hubbard Woods, sold his home last week. Dr. C. A. Aldrich bought a house on Scott avenue from Mr. Ryan of Hubbard Woods. Mr. Boggs sold his house on Scott avenue Teachers Enjoy Party The teachers of the Greeley school held a party Tuesday evening which was attended by the teachers of all the Winnetka schools. Luncheon was served and there was informal danc- ing. Sturgis Home Sold The €. I. Sturgis home on Prospect avenue, was sold last week to Ralph H. Hobart of Hinman avenue, Evans- ton. Mr. Hobart will make extensive improvements before moving into the house. Dinner Served A dinner was served at the Christ church, Linden and Oak street, Tues- day evening, for the returned soldiers of Winnetka, Move to Los Angeles { Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ehlers, 557 | Elder lane, and family, will leave | Saturday for Los Angeles, Califor- nia, where they will make their fut- ure home. major in the United States marine | by the | ens to further improvement pro- | An | Fawning Politeness and Regard for Yanks In connection with what is being written regarding starving Germany. | many, looked more like {and the eagerness of the Huns to | gain favor with the Americans for their own advantages, the following letter from a Winnetka man with the Army of Occupation will be of interest to readers of the Talk. Verdun, France, Jan. 21, 1919 Dearest Mother: -- Since I moved from Paris three weeks ago I have not received any mail from you. I have hopes though for mail over here is "everything that there is of uncertain," as the French say. About my trip to Metz I enclose a card which will now get to vou. for {some reason it never got off. Metz lis the nearest approach to an Amer- ican town I have seen; street cars {on every street, shops stay open until | with their signs changed. and all the | streets altered from "Strasse" to | "Rue." The windows are crowded | with things to eat; pastry, candy, delicacies of all kinds. The man who { said: "Germany is starving," is the | biggest liar yet { Insidious Propaganda | Hun propaganda is still as in- | | sidious as ever, for they go down on their knees to do anything for an | American--always with lots of "Herr Unteroffizier," to me. Imagine your- | self the picture! A lot of tired dough- boys stumbling into a hotel, to have the waiter anticipate their every wish, the daughters do literally shine | their shoes. We, that is Miss Spence | (a peach of a girl from Cleveland) | Mademoiselle Simonette, another of {the French variety, Captain Clark (the Boss) and a very nice army lieu- | tenant from Alabama, "sure nuff" {left Verdun about 1:30 P.. M. and | started for Metz, arriving there [about 3:30, IT having had a puncture, | We passed through miles and miles of desolated country where nothing (moved save huge flocks of grewsome {crows. The havoc of war was | wrought here indeed. Whole am- munition dumps left untouched, guns and rifles left where the fleeing Huns dropped them. And as for souvenirs you literally kicked aside German helmets of all descriptions. Of the towns only a heap of bricks were left overgrown with grass; but every- where the inevitable tell-tale crosses, most of, them German, and on the | top hunks their helmets, and below often. right lLcsides "Mort | Patrie." then the simple "Died for { his Country," which marks the spot | where our Yankee boys rest. Well, | the country changed rapidly as we {neared the Alsation border, and "Vers Mars-la Tour" became "Nach Mars." "Fuer Koenig und Vaterland." Then | pour la | The country, as we neared Ger- ) American cultivated lands, for there were modern agricultural tools and mach- ines. Finally I topped a long hill and there, below me lay Metz. No Signs of War We proceeded to the "Grand Hotel de L"Furope" (no longer "Europaei- | scher Hof") and there eager Ger- | man porters drew off our robes and | opened the door of the car. We were | shown our respective rooms. which had radiators, which gave out heat, We went out to do some shopping and the streets swarmed with French soldiers. Busy crowds bustled too and fro and there was every sign of pre-war industry. [the First | | EIGHT Lal . PRICE FIVE CENTS Sees "Insidious Propaganda" Behind Hun BATTALION OF DEATH COMMANDER TO SPEAK Col. Dan Morgan Smith to Tell of Experiences on Battlefieds of France; Aids Dry Movement AN ORATOR AND LAWYER | Was Formerly Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago and Prominent in Legal World { On Sunday evening, March 23, Col. | Dan Morgan Smith will speak in | Community House on "The World's War, and the Fields of France." Col. Smith was commander in France of Battalion, 358th Infantry, 90th division, A. E. F. In this address he will tell of the That night we had for supper | war as he saw it in the St. Mihiel oysters, soup, fish, lamb chops!!| drive; going over the top at Fey en asparagus! potatoes, ice cream and | Haye: the advance on Vilcey; the cake, all served by the smiling head | taking of Hill 350.0; Les Quatre waiter, in person, who spoke Eng- | Chemis where his battalion was sur- lish too well, though unmistakably | rounded by Germans and cut off German. The French allow very few | from the regiment, and where he Americans in Metz because they are too popular all around and they want Metz to themselves after 40 vears waiting. Next morning when my breakfas came what should there be but "ham | and eggs!" Can you beat it? These | Huns had figured out just what we | wanted and given it to us without | our asking for it. Of course, in the | face of such treatment, it is hard for the average American to hold bitter- ness against the German, and this is just what they want. I noticed that at dinner we had butter, and that the French had none. Of course the head waiter knew that we have butter three times a day at home, and had remembered it to his ad- vantage. There was not one thing on our shopping list that we could not get-- and it was a long one too. Invari- ably the people fell all over them- selves being nice and one "Fraeu- lein" noticed that there was a button gone from my coat and offered to sew it on for me!! Later I found that there had been a school for teaching English, run in Metz, consequently nearly every shop keeper addressed us in English. Most of them speak French and German ! equally well. That night capped the climax for we had for dessert green apple pie and American cheese! We returned the following day to Verdun in record time, by way of Conflans, Etain and some other burg. I expect to go td Nancy soon to | get some supplies for the cars. You might look up these trips on the At- las, for it would interest you. Give my best regards to all the friends who inquire. Your devoted son, Sergt. Francis Van Wyck Mason. t | | Winnetka The call has come out from the headquarters of the Chicago Liberty loan committee to the residents of | Winnetka to prepare for the great { "wind-up campaign" 'of the Fifth Lib- | erty loan. A committee for Winnetka |is to be appointed within the next | week. The announcement reads in part: "The United States Treasury de- | partment has set April 21 to May 10 as the period for holding the Fifth | or Victory Liberty Loan campaign. | This will probably be the last drive | of this kind that will be held, as the | government will undoubtedly be able [to finance any further loans they may require. "Probably the first question that will confront any committee handling this work will be an inquiry as to the necessity of raising more money now that the war is over. "In explanation of this we can only give the Treasury department report that the money subscribed to the Fourth Liberty loan was all used up by the middle of December. There were still vast sums to be paid out for war material contracted for and made before the signing of the Armistice and before they could stop production. There were also still over three million men at that time in service who had to be paid and fed and could; [not be demobilized immediately for many good reasons. There are still one million and a half men in France who must be brought home. This takes time and money. "The details, amount, and rate of interest, have not yet heen published but it is assumed that this money to- gether with what will be received from the Federal taxes wil carry the government until our boys are all back in their homes. "This loan must be met and the pledges made good to our hoys who And The Victory Loan made the great sacrifices and complished so much. "It would hardly be just to criticize | what methods were pursued in the | expenditure of these vast sums in | the face of the grand results which | have heen obtained.. We can safely | trust the efficient men at the head of | our government and its many depart- ments, who have so successfully built | the largest and most efficient army | in the shortest space of time, and | won the greatest victory the world has ever known. "The cost of this war, as far as the United States can be figured, due to its short duration, was far less than | even the most hopeful could have ex- | pected. We are asked to loan this: money to our government until they | can finish the war and bring condi- tions back to normal. We are not required to give, and are paid a reasonable rate of interest consider- ing the privileges included and the best security ever heard of. While it is possible that any who might at- | empt to dispose of their bonds before the job is done or be induced to sell them may meet with a small sacrifice and depreciation in value. This is only to be expected as our loan was not made with this purpose and will be perfectly good at its full face value or better, if reasonable patience is used. "This is what you are paying for. Our army, navy, and marines never stopped once until their job was done. We cannot quit until this last loan is pat over. : "It is hoped all Winnetka residents will subscribe to their full extent through the local committee, and will induce their associates, firms, and outside estates to do the same that Winnetka may get credit for its full proportion. : ; "The Winnetka Campaign commit- tee will be organized at once and an- nounced soon. ac- | held off three regiments of the ene- my and where the battalion won the name of "The Battalion of Death. He will tell of the fighting at Les Huit Chemins, Vieville, Verdun and the Argonne forest; of life in the trenches, on the march, on the ad- vance, and on the battle field, of the fighting in the woods, hand to hand conflicts, and of the brave things fie officers and men of his command did. Advocates World Prohibition This is one of a series of addresses he is making under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon League of America, to further the cause of prohibition. He shows briefly how there was and is a similarity of methods of the Fun in Germany and the brewer in Amer- ica that indicates a connection inimic- al to the interests of the United States. After speaking in the cities of the United States he is to tour New Zealand, Australia and the British Isles. Col. Smith is not only a soldier but an orator and a lawyer. He has served as assistant corporation coun- sel of Chicago. | All are welcome to, this meeting. It is requested that children be @e=" companied by parents. EVA JANE BARLOW TAKEN BY DEATH On Thursday, March 13, word was received in Winnetka of the untimely death of Miss Eva Jane Barlow, a sister of Dr. Alice Barlow-Brown and Miss Jessie Belle Barlow. For several years Miss Barlow, whose home was in Hope, Arkansas, was a resident of the Village while attending the New Trier High school. Later she returned often to visit her sister and her Winnetka friends. Knowing her devotion to her home circle these friends as sincerely sympathize with the bereaved family, as they will truly cherish the memory of the vivacious charm of Eva Jane Barlow. MRS. NICHOLAS BREWER DIES AT DAUGHTER'S HOME Mrs, Nicholas Brewer, widow of the late Nicholas Brewer of Chicago, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar A. Jenkins, 861 Ash street, on Thursday, March 13. The remains were taken » Mineral Point, Wis., where func-.l services were held at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. James Brewer. Bi -ial was at Graceland cemetery, Mineral Point. Wis. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Brewer leaves two sons, Nicholas Brewer of Great Lakes. and Thomas Brewer of High- land Park. Proposed Change in the Name of Railroad Avenue At the meeting of the Village Council this week a petition was re- ceived from property owners on Railroad avenue to change the name of that street from Railroad avenue to Center street. The matter was re- ferred to the Streets and Alleys com- mittee, and will be considered at the next Council meeting. Sells Hubbard Woods Home Mrs. Ada Ballenger of Hubbard Woods this week moved into apart- ments at 522 Church street, Fvans- ton. She will make her future home in Evanston. The home in Hubbard Woods has been purchased by J. M. Dickinson of Chicago who will take possession soon. Herbert Zipf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Zipf, 596 Arbor Vitae road. will return Sunday morning from Yale college for a ten day's vasatien,